Chamber of Darkness
| Chamber of Darkness | |
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Chamber of Darkness #7 (Oct. 1970), cover art by Bernie Wrightson.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Bi-monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Publication date(s) | 1969-1974 |
| Creative team | |
| Artist(s) | Tom Sutton, Syd Shores, Tom Palmer, Don Heck, Bernie Wrightson |
| Penciller(s) | John Buscema, Marie Severin, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema |
| Inker(s) | John Verpoorten, Herb Trimpe |
Chamber of Darkness is a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by American company Marvel Comics: under this and a subsequent name, it ran from 1969 to 1974. It featured work by creators such as writer-editor Stan Lee, writers Gerry Conway and Archie Goodwin, and artists John Buscema, Johnny Craig, Jack Kirby, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith (as Barry Smith), and Bernie Wrightson. Stories were generally hosted by either of the characters Digger, a gravedigger, or Headstone P. Gravely, in undertaker garb, or by one of the artists or writers.
After the eighth issue, the title changed to Monsters on the Prowl, and the comic became almost exclusively a reprint book.
Designed to compete with DC Comics' successful launches House of Mystery and House of Secrets,Chamber of Darkness, like its companion comic Tower of Shadows, sold poorly despite its selected roster of creators. After its first few issues, the title, published bimonthly, began including reprints of "pre-superhero Marvel" monster stories and other SF/fantasy tales from Marvel's 1950s and early 1960s predecessor, Atlas Comics.
The anthology, in addition to running original stories, also included writer Roy Thomas' and penciler Don Heck's loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", as "The Day of the Red Death", in issue #2 (Dec. 1969). Writer Denny O'Neil and Tom Palmer adapted the Poe story "The Tell-Tale Heart" as "The Tell Tale Heart" in issue #3 (Feb. 1970). Thomas and EC Comics veteran Johnny Craig adapted H. P. Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann" as "The Music From Beyond" in #5 (June 1970).
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